Dish holder



H. CAREW DISH HOLDER March 11, 1930.

Filed Jan. 6, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet l flermarz Lizmw March 11, 1930. H.CAREW 1,750,568

DISH HOLDER Filed Jan. 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gnomtov Erma finelyPatented 11, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' HERMAN- CABEW, or nasro rENNsYLvANLa, ssIGNon 'ro INnIvInuAI. DRI KINGour COMPANY, INc., OF-EASTON, rnNNsrLvANIa, A conrom'r oN or PENNSYL-sing that such c VANIA.

} msn nowna Application filed January 6, 1930. Serial No. 418,811.

My invention relates to new and useful im-' provements in dish holdersand more particularly to a device for holding a paper dish which isformed and adapted for but a single 5' use. Paper dishes are extensivelyin use at soda fountains, lunch counters, and similar places and theyare usually made of relatively thin flexible material so that they maybe easil destro ed'and thrown away after a ll; use. n view of thematerial used and the flexibility thereof it can readily be appreciatedthat it i's-desirable to use some form of holder or support while thedish is in use to prevent destruction of the dish at that time or thepossibility of injuring the same so that it will leak. It is'theprincipal object of my invention to provide a holder of the characterdescribed which is relatively simple. and inexpensive in construction,which may be readily cleaned, and which will hold the dish in itsoriginal configuration without possibility of damageduring use.

Another object of the invention resides in so forming the holder that itmay be used for removing a single dish from a stack and with said dishin position the dish may be readily filled and the contents eaten.

Still another object of the invention consists in so formin the holderthat the dish will not rotate t erein and will not have verticalmovement relative to the holder while in use. At the same time after usethe dish may be readily removed and mutilated and thrown away so that itwill not beused again. i

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, my invention consists in the novel details ofconstruction, and arrangement of parts, described in the followingspecification and illustrated in the accompanyin while I haveillustrated an preferred embodiments of they now a pear to me, it willbe understood anges may be made as will fall within the scope oftheappended claims.

In the drawings':

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the holder with a dish shown in dotted lines.

described the drawings, and r the invention, as

Fig. 2 is a top plan of the holder showing a dish in position for use.

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section' through the holder with a dishshown in elevation with parts broken away; and

Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing a stack of nested dishes with theholder in inverted osition for removing the uppermost dish iiom thestack for use. I

The holder will preferably be made of relatively light metal andconsists of the base portion 1 and body portion 2 having the upwardlyextendin arms 3. The body portion and upwardfi extending arms 3 thereofare of tapered formation or in other words flare outwardly from thebottom towards the top so that the holder will be of increasing diameterfrom the bottom towards the top to snugly engage the outer tapered wallof the dish 4, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3 of the drawings. theholder of tapered formation used in con nection with a dish of similarconstruction it will be understood that, if desired, the walls of theholder, includin the arms 3, might be straight to accommo ate a walleddish. Adjacent the upper ends the arms 3 are provided, interiorly, withthe circumferentially extendin grooves 5 and the ends of, the arms abovet e grooves are preterably flared outwardly as shown at 6 for a purposewhich will later be apparent.

The dish 4 is provided at its upper end 61-.- edge with .an outwardlydirected bead 7. In

order to make the holder relatively light the base 1 will preferablybe'hollow, as shown more particularly in Fig. 3 of the drawings and thebody portion will have the flat bot-.

moval for positioning in the holder. When in nested form as shown inFig.4 the outwardly extendin beads or flanges 7 will be positioned in cose proximity but spacedsufli ciently apart to allow removal of one at atime. It will-be appreciated that in using While I have shown preventimpurities entering the.

dishes and also to facilitate handling and re- 5 straight dishes of thecharacter described that it is desired to maintain the dishes insanitaryY form at all times with the least possible contact with the hands. Inthe use of a holder such as I have provided, when it is desired to use,the holder may be inverted as shown more particularly in Flg. 4-and thebase portion 1 will be used as a hand The holder will then be moveddownwar over the uppermost dish of the stack an the flared ends 6 of thearms will ride over the bead of the-11ppermost dish and allow the beadto be received 1 1n the circumferentially extendin grooves 5.

' of the arms. The beaded edge of e dishwill- 15 flex sufiiciently toallow the bead to pass into:

I the grooves'and-with the dish in posltion the frictional engagementofthe dish-with the arms is sufiicient to prevent rotation of the dishwithin the holder, duringuse, and the bead being'recei-ved in thegrooves there will be no vertical movement of the dish in the v holder.The bottom of the dish rests upon the bottom 8 of the holder which formsa support therefor and the arms 3 are of sufiicient width as to formrelatively wide bearing surfaces around the diameter of the dish toproperly support the side wall of the dish durilfi use. After thecontents have been remov from the dish the same may bexflexed sufli--ciently for removal from the holder and thrown away. From the above itwill be seen thatI have provided a novel form of holder which may beused to remove a single dish from a stack of such dishes and with thedish in position within the holder there will be no rotary or verticalmovement of-the dish relative to the holder. As shown the arms 3 arespaced apart circumferentially of the holder and if found necessary inpositioning the dish within the holder the fingers of the user mayengage the outer wall of the dish between the arms;

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

'1. A dish holderof thecharacter described including a body ortionhaving upwardly extending arms, eac of the arms having acircumferentiall-y extending groove formed in its inner face to receivea bead formed around the upper edge of the dish. y 2. A dish holder ofthe character described including a body portion having upwardlydirected arms, the upper end of'each of the arms being outward y flaredand a circum-' ferentially extending groove being formed in 7 the innerface of each ofthe arms below the outwardl flared end. In testimonywhereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

' HERMAN OAREW.

